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With several Lemmy instances using the .ml TLD I’ve seen people mention others being risky as well. Which should be avoided?

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[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 46 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Basically any 2-letter TLD should be avoided unless you live in that country.

If you want to be clever, use subdomains and pick one of the new TLDs. For instance, ban.anal.ink, is like $5.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 36 points 2 years ago

As the admin of lemmy.inbutts.lol I would have thought my position on that subject would be clear.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

I can see why anal ink could be controversial.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

You could also choose a 5-10 digit .xyz domain, those cost ~~$~~€0.85

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Except for the only one I'd want:

[–] SwallowsDick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] PXoYV1wbDJwtz5vf@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] dimath@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can't you do abcd.efghijklmnopqrstuvw.xyz?

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 12 points 2 years ago

How about zyx.wvutsrqponmlkjihgf.edcba.abcde.fghijklmnopqrstuvw.xyz

Very catchy

[–] linuxisfun@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Don't be too sad, it wouldn't work well with reverse-DNS notation anyway. ;)

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The first year. Then it's likely $12/year.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Weird, because I've had an .xyz domain for years, and after the first year the price goes up.

[–] shadearg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

https://gen.xyz/pricing

1.111B Class .xyz Domains

The 1.111B Class is made up of all 6-digit, 7-digit, 8-digit, and 9-digit numeric .xyz domains between 000000.xyz – 999999999.xyz.

The default price for 1.111B Class .xyz domains is $0.99 per year to create, renew, and transfer, including ICANN fees.

[–] e569668@fedia.io 6 points 2 years ago

Just to add another concrete example, I saw a toot recently that .af may be risky, as some countries are beginning to implement embargoes; the person who had a domain there may be losing it soon